Babe Hardy's early career began as a stock player with Vitagraph, before she joined the Christie Company as a featured player and leading comedienne. She then went on to play leading roles in Jack White's Educational Comedies and alongside Charlie Chaplin in the film "A Day's Pleasure".
As her career progressed, Babe appeared in a variety of live and filmed television shows, including "Merv Griffin", "Mr. Adam & Eve", "The Best of Post", "Day in Court", and "Face the Facts". She also made numerous guest appearances on interview and panel shows.
Despite having struggled with art in high school, Babe enrolled in a class in oil painting at Hollywood High School's Adult Education program in the late 1960s. Just 10 months later, she held her first one-woman show, which was met with public and critical acclaim.
This marked the beginning of Babe's successful art career, which would go on to earn her the nickname "Hollywood's Grandma Moses". She went on to exhibit her work at various venues, including the Motion Picture and TV Celebrity Shows, and won numerous awards for her portraits of silent film stars, veteran producers, and Hollywood landmarks.
After completing her series of portraits, Babe donated them to the Hollywood Museum. She also donated all of her personal possessions and 75 of her paintings to the University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center.
